On March 21, Beijing time, ATP officially announced the latest edition of the world rankings. In the past two weeks, the ATP Tour has ushered in the Indian Wells race, and in the end, the American Fritz beat Nadal and won the first Masters of his career. After two weeks of fierce fighting, the ATP rankings have undergone new changes.
Although he did not compete in the Indian Wells station, because Medvedev deducted 250 points from last year's Marseille station, Dekovic returned to the world number one with a 20-point advantage. This week is Djokovic's 362nd week in the world, and he will at least extend his world number one record for two weeks. Medvedev's world number one lasted only 3 weeks, and this week it fell back to the world no. 2 position.
With a strong performance at the beginning of the season, Nadal returned to no. 3 in the world. In the recent Indian Wells Masters, Nadal finished second. This week he overtook Zverev to move up to No. 3, just 750 points away from No. 1 Djokovic, and in the following clay race, Nadal has the opportunity to once again hit the world number one throne.
Fritz, who won his first Masters title of his career at Indian Wells, rose 12 places this week, and his latest ranking is No. 8 in the world, the first time he has reached the top 10 of his career. Alcaraz, who reached the Indian Wells Final Four, rose four places this week to 15th in the world, and the 18-year-old will continue to refresh his career's best rankings.
The biggest increase in the top 100 this week are the following players. Dimitrov, who reached the Indian Wells Quarterfinals, rose from 35th in the world to 25th, and another quarter-finalist, Kezmanovic, moved up 21st to 41st in the world. Kyrgios, who also reached the quarter-finals, soared 58 places to rise to 74th in the world. Cudra, who won the 125K in Phoenix last week, rose 14 places to 88th.
It is worth mentioning that Shang Chengcheng, a young Chinese player who made a breakthrough in Indian Wells, soared 178 places this week, and his latest ranking came to 365th in the world. The 17-year-old will also play at the Miami Masters with a wild card in the future, expecting him to perform even better.